Marcy l’Etoile, France 5/19/11—IVD supplier bioMérieux has agreed to acquire AES Laboratoire, a provider of industrial microbiology products, for €183 million ($261 million = $0.70 = $1). AES Laboratoire’s AES Chemunex business had fiscal 2011 sales of €76 million ($108 million) (excluding the divested Agrobio business). AES Laboratoire’s product offerings include culture media, rapid microbiology […]
Rochester, NY 5/18/11; London, UK 5/18/11—Thermo Fisher Scientific has acquired Sterilin, a provider of consumable products for microbiology, life science and clinical laboratories, from Nova Capital Management for an undisclosed amount. Based in South Wales, UK, with 270 employees, Sterilin generated 2010 revenues of $35 million. “The acquisition of Sterilin allows us to expand our […]
Waltham, MA 5/16/11—PerkinElmer has acquired Labtronics, a provider of procedures-based electronic laboratory notebook (ELN) solutions for labs performing routine analysis. Financial details were not disclosed. “This acquisition successfully positions PerkinElmer as the only technology provider able to deploy an optimized ELN solution across a global customer’s entire value chain, from research to manufacturing,” said Dusty […]
Waltham, MA and Uppsala, Sweden 5/19/11; London, UK 5/19/11—Thermo Fisher Scientific has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Phadia, a provider of allergy and autoimmunity diagnostics, from private equity firm Cinven. Thermo will pay €2.47 billion ($3.5 billion = €0.71 = $1) in cash for Phadia. In 2010, Phadia had sales of €367 million ($525 […]
For the first time in a decade, the growth rate of science and engineering (S&E) research space at US academic institutions has reversed its decline. The amount of S&E research space grew 4.4% from fiscal year (FY) 2007 to FY 2009 to comprise 196.1 million net assignable square feet (NASF), according to the NSF’s latest […]
High-throughput electroporators employ a microplate format, which allows simultaneous transfections of up to 384 wells. Electroporation introduces nucleic acids into cells by exposing the cells to a rapid pulse of voltage that causes the pores in the cells’ membranes to open temporarily. Unlike other transfection methods, there is no limit to the size of DNA […]
From its start as a niche market supplier, WITec has evolved to cater to multiple, larger markets. The company supplies high-resolution microscopy techniques for applications in materials research and life science. Specific applications include thin-film analysis and the study of living cells in their physiological surroundings. “Nanotechnology, life science, biomedical research and pharmaceutical research can […]
Company Announcements DataApex opened its second European Clarity Training Center, which is run by RECIPE Chemicals + Instruments, in Munich, Germany, in January. Product Introductions GE Healthcare introduced Capto ImpRes ion exchange chromatography media for late-stage purification of a wide range of biomolecules. The first products to be launched are the Capto SP ImpRes strong […]
Company Announcements In March, Transgenomic expanded its license with the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to include Ice COLD-PCR (CO-amplification at Lower Denaturing temperature PCR), a technique that further extends sensitivity of mutation detection, and an exclusive license for analysis of COLD-PCR products by Pyrosequencing. WaferGen Biosystems and NuGEN Technologies agreed to codevelop and comarket integrated workflows […]
Company Announcements Merck Millipore’s 2010 sales grew 81.0% to €1,681 million ($2,211 million). Legacy Millipore products represented 38% of sales. Organic revenue grew 5.6%. Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia/Africa/Australasia accounted for 39%, 24%, 9% and 28% of revenue, respectively. Sales this year are forecast to grow 51%–56%. In March, Thermo Fisher Scientific agreed […]
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